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Federal Trade Commission v. Kochava, Inc.

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Case Number:

2:22-cv-00377

Court:

Idaho

Nature of Suit:

Other Statutory Actions

Judge:

B. Lynn Winmill

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  1. July 26, 2024

    Data Co. Told To Turn Over Contracts In Kochava Case

    A D.C. federal judge plans to order TargetSmart to turn over supplier contracts to the Federal Trade Commission in the agency's case against TargetSmart client Kochava on Friday, after TargetSmart's attorney said she was "99% sure that there was no due diligence done by Kochava" regarding the data's provenance.

  2. February 05, 2024

    Kochava Can't Shake FTC's Location Data Privacy Suit

    An Idaho federal judge has refused to ax the Federal Trade Commission's suit accusing mobile app analytics provider Kochava Inc. of unlawfully selling precise geolocation data, finding that the expanded consumer harm allegations that the agency put forth in its revised complaint were sufficient to allow the dispute to move forward. 

  3. January 01, 2024

    Cybersecurity & Privacy Cases To Watch In 2024

    Litigation accusing tech giants, healthcare companies, retailers and other website operators of unlawfully tracking users' activities is expected to continue to occupy the spotlight in 2024, in addition to a constitutional challenge being mounted by Facebook's parent company to the Federal Trade Commission's enforcement authority and an ongoing flood of biometric privacy suits that could be joined by a similar influx of health privacy disputes.

  4. November 03, 2023

    ​​​​​​​Unsealed FTC Suit Claims 'Staggering' Tracking By Kochava

    Kochava lost its bid Friday to keep sealed the latest rendition of the Federal Trade Commission's complaint, unveiling more details of the FTC's allegations in Idaho federal court that the mobile app analytics provider unlawfully collects and sells geolocation data and personal information of hundreds of millions of consumers.

  5. June 15, 2023

    Kochava Fights To Keep FTC's 'False' Privacy Claims Sealed

    Kochava is urging an Idaho federal court to keep under seal the Federal Trade Commission's revamped allegations over the mobile app analytics provider's allegedly unlawful sale of geolocation data, arguing that the agency is peddling a "false and highly inflammatory" narrative that's "clearly aimed" at misleading the court and the public. 

  6. May 04, 2023

    Kochava Escapes FTC Data Privacy Suit, For Now

    An Idaho federal judge on Thursday ordered the Federal Trade Commission to strengthen its consumer harm assertions if it wants to move forward with its location data privacy suit against Kochava, while separately finding no basis for the court to entertain the mobile app analytics provider's parallel suit seeking to block the agency's enforcement action. 

  7. February 21, 2023

    FTC's Data Privacy Suit Against Kochava To Move Forward

    An Idaho federal judge on Tuesday declined to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission's suit accusing a mobile app analytics provider of unlawfully selling sensitive geolocation information, saying several "fact-driven" issues still remained and that the most he would do is order the commission to fix some "technical shortcomings" in its pleadings. 

  8. February 16, 2023

    Kochava Invokes Wilson's Resignation In FTC Privacy Fight

    Mobile app analytics provider Kochava Inc. is dragging the contentious departure of the Federal Trade Commission's lone Republican into its heated data privacy dispute with the agency, arguing that Christine S. Wilson's criticism of the commission's leadership supports the company's bid to ax the suit. 

  9. January 04, 2023

    FTC Blasts Data Broker Co.'s 'Preemptive' Privacy Suit

    The Federal Trade Commission told an Idaho federal court a "preemptive" suit from a mobile app data analytics broker wrongly tries to stop the government from taking enforcement action against the company, urging the court to dismiss the suit against the agency.

  10. December 07, 2022

    Data Broker Kochava Slams FTC's Privacy Suit As 'Illogical'

    Mobile app data analytics broker Kochava has asked an Idaho federal judge to dismiss a Federal Trade Commission suit claiming the company unlawfully sells geolocation information that can track people to sensitive locations such as reproductive health care clinics, arguing that the FTC "grossly exaggerates" its claims.

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